That is not a really convincing explanation. As the CIA does many many things

A more convincing explanation has to do with the Presidential Intel Brief. These briefings were started under Kennedy after the Bay of Pigs.

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They were known as The President's Intelligence Check List....they are called Presidential Daily Briefs these days.

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The President’s Daily Brief, or PDB, is a highly classified intelligence briefing produced each morning for the President of the United States. The written briefing informs the President and other senior policymakers about intelligence developments worldwide and provides analysis of those events. Although now produced by the Director of National Intelligence, from 1961 until early 2005 the briefing was produced by the Central Intelligence Agency. ...... The predecessor of the PDB was called the President’s Intelligence Check List and was first produced by the CIA for President Kennedy. Although the format initially went through several trial runs, it was formalized in early 1961. The checklist, initially known by the acronym PICL and pronounced “pickle,” was later renamed the President’s Daily Brief.